1 Raja-raja 2:28

2:28 When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported ¹  Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ²  ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 2:33

2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, ⁴  and his dynasty.” ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 3:7

3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions ⁷  by obeying ⁸  my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, ⁹  then I will grant you long life.” ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 7:50

7:50 the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

1 Raja-raja 8:6

8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned ¹¹  place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

1 Raja-raja 8:22

Solomon Prays for Israel

8:22 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. ¹² 

1 Raja-raja 10:22

10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ¹³  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ¹⁴  came into port with cargoes of ¹⁵  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ¹⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 11:16

11:16 For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army ¹⁷  stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom. ¹⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 11:22

11:22 Pharaoh said to him, “What do you lack here that makes you want to go to your homeland?” ¹⁹  Hadad replied, ²⁰  “Nothing, but please give me permission to leave.” ²¹ 

1 Raja-raja 12:14

12:14 and followed ²²  the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ²³  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ²⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 12:24

12:24 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” ²⁵  They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. ²⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 13:16

13:16 But he replied, “I can’t go back with you ²⁷  or eat and drink ²⁸  with you in this place.

1 Raja-raja 15:25

Nadab’s Reign over Israel

15:25 In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Nadab became the king of Israel; he ruled Israel for two years.

1 Raja-raja 15:33

Baasha’s Reign over Israel

15:33 In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah; he ruled for twenty-four years.

1 Raja-raja 16:8

Elah’s Reign over Israel

16:8 In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha’s son Elah became king over Israel; he ruled in Tirzah for two years.

1 Raja-raja 16:21

Omri’s Reign over Israel

16:21 At that time the people of Israel were divided in their loyalties. Half the people supported Tibni son of Ginath and wanted to make him king; the other half supported Omri.

1 Raja-raja 16:29

Ahab Promotes Idolatry

16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. ²⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 19:8

19:8 So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

1 Raja-raja 20:15

20:15 So Ahab ³⁰  assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. ³¹ 

1 Raja-raja 22:3

22:3 The king of Israel said to his servants, “Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria.” ³² 

1 Raja-raja 22:10-12

22:10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, ³³  dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. ³⁴  All the prophets were prophesying before them. 22:11 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’” 22:12 All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.”

1 Raja-raja 22:51

Ahaziah’s Reign over Israel

22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. ³⁵  He ruled for two years over Israel.

[2:28]  ¹ tn Heb “turned after” (also later in this verse).

[2:28]  ² tn Heb “Joab.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:28]  ³ sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exod 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Joab was seeking asylum from Solomon.

[2:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[2:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “his throne.”

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

[3:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[3:14]  ⁸ tn Or “keeping.”

[3:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “walked.”

[3:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

[8:6]  ¹¹ tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[8:22]  ¹² tn Or “heaven.”

[10:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

[10:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

[10:22]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “came carrying.”

[10:22]  ¹⁶ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”

[11:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and all Israel.”

[11:16]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “until he had cut off every male in Edom.”

[11:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Indeed what do you lack with me, that now you are seeking to go to your land?”

[11:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and he said.”

[11:22]  ²¹ sn So Hadad asked Pharaoh… This lengthy description of Hadad’s exile in Egypt explains why Hadad wanted to oppose Solomon and supports the author’s thesis that his hostility to Solomon found its ultimate source in divine providence. Though Hadad enjoyed a comfortable life in Egypt, when the Lord raised him up (apparently stirring up his desire for vengeance) he decided to leave the comforts of Egypt and return to Edom.

[12:14]  ²² tn Heb “and spoke to them according to.”

[12:14]  ²³ tn Heb “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke.”

[12:14]  ²⁴ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” See the note on the same phrase in v. 11.

[12:24]  ²⁵ tn Heb “for this thing is from me.”

[12:24]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and they heard the word of the Lord and returned to go according to the word of the Lord.”

[13:16]  ²⁷ tn Heb “I am unable to return with you or to go with you.”

[13:16]  ²⁸ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[16:29]  ²⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:15]  ³⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:15]  ³¹ tn Heb “after them he assembled all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.”

[22:3]  ³² tn Heb “Do you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we hesitate to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course, you must know!”

[22:10]  ³³ tn Heb “were sitting, a man on his throne.”

[22:10]  ³⁴ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[22:51]  ³⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.